Chapter 219 Gun

A loud "boom" interrupted Ouyang's contemplation. Ouyang saw that he had arrived at the experimental restricted area without knowing it. Look at the imperial guards standing on all sides and the inner guards on duty on the high building. Ouyang was worried. Fortunately, he had a great face, otherwise he would have been taken down.

"Sir" A master who was experimenting was particularly excited when he saw Ouyang.

Ouyang beat the horse and dismounted, "Master, what is this?"

"This is what the adults call a gun."

"Gun..." Ouyang Khan, not to mention the appearance, grabbed it in his hand and weighed it, and it was 40 kilograms. Looking at the appearance, it was very modest to say that the gun was really modest, and it was more appropriate to say that it was a Bazuka rocket launcher. The huge muzzle was stuffed with a stick to pound it, and the tail fire line was connected. Then put a handful of iron beads in. After filling, one person carried the "gun" on his shoulders, and the other person lit the fire.

With a "boom", he fell to the ground with a gun, and dozens of iron beads flew away. After a crackling sound, the target made of bamboo paper a hundred steps away was beaten into a sieve.

Ouyang said softly: "Master..."

"Okay, I know that the filling time is long." The master proudly took out a round matchbox and said: "This is called a gunpowder mold. Put the gunpowder in before the war, and even a fool can pound it. If there is such a thing, you don't need to pound the gunpowder when shooting in the war, and take the gunpowder mold in. Just read up five numbers at most. After shooting once, you can pour out the residue and the gunpowder mold, so after the second time, you can shoot up to seven numbers at most."

"I know……"

The master hurriedly interrupted and introduced: "The head is high and the sound is loud. I have tried several times, and each time I have thirty iron beads, an average of ten hit the target."

"Master..."

"It's powerful. The cold-forged armor of the Iron Harrier who was tested for us by 10 steps, two inches of meat were inserted into the flesh within 50 steps."

"Really?" Ouyang asked: "What are you using for the experiment?"

"Pig. You can eat meat after you beat it." The master said: "It's a bit difficult to make a hundred steps, but even if you can't get into the meat, the momentum is also very strong."

"It's interesting" Ouyang nodded.

The master was very happy and Ouyang asked, "What did the sir just want to say?"

"..." Ouyang was stunned for a while and said, "Forgot" what he was going to say?

"Oh," the master nodded: "You are a noble person who forgets things too much, and it is different from being confused. You still have to try the gunpowder model and not disturb you."

"..." Ouyang Wuyan suddenly remembered in silence. What he was about to say was that this thing was not a gun at all, and it was considered a cannon at most. It could only be set up for defense for about thirty pounds. This was not the weight of gunpowder. So why not use real cannons? Besides, it would be better to have a rack to support it... Forget it, you don't need to be gunned in the future. Everyone has a cannon and pull a bunch of cannonballs behind you. That's so powerful, 100,000 soldiers and 100,000 cannons, even a mountain will be cut a few feet in a round. Ouyang couldn't bear to attack the enthusiasm of the master. After all, the master came from actual combat and created weapons that could be used in actual combat. Although this thing was a bit useless because of heavy artillery and hand-swinging cannons, it could be sold at least for money. Not everyone knew the goods like himself.

The military factory has a tight defense, and even the imperial guards are forbidden to talk to workers. Some of them are gunpowder grinding sites. This area is basically non-human. There are livestock stone mills and water conservancy mills. The pursuit is to grind the gunpowder the finer the better.

There is also a restricted area in the restricted area, the gunpowder mixing room. There are the fewest staff here and the fewest people can enter. This place strictly matches the three ingredients of ground gunpowder according to the formula. After mixing, it is placed in a moisture-proof wooden box and sent out. Although the process is simple and the technology is simple, the confidential ingredients are very high.

Ouyang and the masters had a friendly and in-depth and friendly conversation, hoping that everyone would continue to work hard in the spirit of technology-based development and strive to reach a higher level this year. Then they also asked about the protection work with concern and asked about the existing difficulties. At the same time, they said that if there are difficulties, they should be solved, and if there are no difficulties, they should be solved.

Then he went to the military factory's public relations department, which was an office point that integrated accounting and sales. Ouyang focused on inquiring about domestic sales and export of gunpowder in the first half of the year. Due to the fierce battle between the Song Dynasty and the Liao and Jin Dynasties, gunpowder sales have always shown a good growth momentum. Ouyang conveyed the spirit that the sales department should focus on promoting new weapons to the court and customizing the prices for the transfer of various new weapons.

After a walk around, Ouyang left and returned to Yangping for supper, ending the busy magistrate's day.

...

At night, Ouyang asked Zhang San, Li Si and Zhan Ming to discuss secretly.

"First point, we must find out the identity of Jin Da, where his ancestral home, how many people are in the family, and the status of his wife and children. Is it appointed by the court or Wanyan Lan himself brought from the Jin Kingdom."

Zhang San whispered: "Sir, since you have doubts, why not do Wanyan Lan and Jin Da together. Aren't they all on the boat? The Southeast Business Association has many outlaws on the water."

Zhan Ming scolded: "Wanyan Lan is also the eldest and the eldest princess of the Song Dynasty. It is not that easy to attack her. Besides, from the previous perspective, Wanyan Lan helped us dig out Jin San Xiaocui. Although she had ulterior motives, it was hard to say that she was not good intentions."

Li Si said: "I'll check it out Jin Da."

"Em" Ouyang nodded. Li Si was more steady, so you can rest assured about this matter. Ouyang said: "The second step is to follow the owner of the Inn in Xiang Village, that is, the spy. I guess he will be very anxious to contact his master in the next two days."

Zhang Sandao: "I'm responsible."

"Zhan Ming, you have to do a bad thing."

Zhan Ming clasped his fists and said, "Please give me instructions."

"The emperor has told me not to investigate this case anymore. But I need the imperial guards to give Jin Dalu a confession in Xiang Village. This confession is now in the Jingji Tizheng Yamen."

Zhan Ming agreed without hesitation: "Don't worry, sir. This matter is for me."

"Well, as long as you are sure that Jin Da was indeed doing the offering at that time, no matter what background he was, we will catch him in place. So Li Si, you must also confirm Jin Da's whereabouts."

"yes"

"You go, you can control the time yourself."

...

At noon the next day, Huilan found Ouyang who was doing nothing at home and handed over the information of Wang Fu and Li Bangyan to Ouyang. Ouyang read it a little dissatisfied, picked up a pen and deleted part of it and said, "Zhang Xuanming secretly reported to the emperor, and basically copied it from here. In the future, this thing may be leaked, so there cannot be any shadow of our Royal News."

"Well, I didn't think so much." Huilan said apologized: "I just received two news this morning. The first one was that Wang Fu and more than a dozen ministers jointly recommended Li Bangyan as the right prime minister."

"Ha, this is interesting." Although Wang Fu and Li Bangyan both regarded Cai Jing as their boss, their relationship was very bad in private. The treacherous ministers in the Song Dynasty danced in the court. In addition to Liang Shicheng, who usurped the throne and died, and the unlucky Yang Jian, there was also Zhang Bangchang who was framed and demoted by Ouyang. Although this man and Wang Li were both representatives of the old-fashioned court power, they both disliked each other in private. Ouyang asked: "Li Gang has always hated these people who have power. If they come to power, these people will not have good results. It seems that they have joined forces to make fire. What is the result of the recommendation?"

"The emperor asked all officials to discuss it themselves, and said that the left prime minister should not be vacant for too long, so that all officials would submit their own statements as soon as possible." Huilan said: "Sir, if Wang Fu and Li Bangyan were released at this time, I am afraid that the emperor would not dare to take action."

Ouyang asked: "Why do you say that?"

"Everyone knows that Li Gang was recommended by the emperor by the emperor. Li Bangyan, who was recommended by more than a dozen ministers, came out halfway. At this time, the emperor wanted to punish them, and I am afraid that someone would have any objections." Huilan said: "I mean only Wang Fu. Once Wang Fu is in trouble, there will naturally be fewer people who support Li Bangyan. Most court officials will not fight against the emperor, so that they can come naturally. Not only will Wang Fu help the emperor to make face in the Caijing affairs, but they can also help the emperor push Li Gang up. Besides, Li Gang himself is loyal and straightforward. If this person becomes prime minister, Li Bangyan will not be able to escape sooner or later."

Ouyang nodded: "You are good at political struggles, just do what you said. You just said two things, and there is one more thing?"

"There is another thing. The Censorate received a report that the adults embezzled taxes and used public welfare to make private money. He also exchanged the stolen money earned and used the stolen money from the Southeast Business Association to turn it into legitimate business income. Zhang Bangchang, who was demoted to the Censor for the adults because of the adults, said in the court that although anonymous reports were not credible, it would rather be trusted that they were not credible. He hoped that the censor and the Ministry of Revenue could investigate the adults' accounts to show that the adults were honest, and the rumors would naturally be self-defeated."

"It turned out to be anonymous." In the Censor's Office, there is a special window, similar to the current reporting box, which was customized during the Taizu period. Among the 24 departments of the Three Provinces and Six Ministry, the Censor's Office was an independent institution that was only responsible to the emperor. Their responsibilities were to supervise all officials and correct the inappropriate and inappropriate words and behaviors of the emperor. Li Gang was once a censor of the Censor's Office. Unfortunately, Song Huizong was less arrogant than Song Taizu and did not like to listen to him. When he was unhappy, he demoted Li Gang. However, anonymous letters were generally not investigated. According to the environment at that time, hiding his head and revealing his tail was not a good thing.

Huilan nodded and said, "The emperor said, "It's bright and bright. He dares to report officials, but he dares not leave his name. This matter must be made out of nothing."

Unfortunately, this trap was left to the villain behind who was eager for success and quick success. Unexpectedly, he would rather sue himself than show up. Ouyang said: "If there is nothing else, you can do it first."

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